Fountain brush or dauber.



H. F. STUBENRAUGH.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH 0R DAUBER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26, 1909.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN F. STUBENRAUCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH 0R DAUBER.

To all whom. it may concern:

, Be it known that I, HERMAN F. STUBEN- nAUcI-na citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain Brushes orDaubers, of which the following 1s a specification, and which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to brushes and daubers used for spreading liquidsor pastes, and more particularly to such devices in which provision ismade for supplying the material to be spread through the back of thebrush or dauber.

The object of the invention is to provide a brush or dauber of improvedconstruction, whereby the material to be spread may be continuouslysupplied, as from collapsible tubes, like those now in common use forcontaining paints and pastes of various kinds, such as shoe and vstovepolish, shaving soap, and inks for stenciling. L

The invention is exemplified in the structure to be hereinafterdescribed and illust-rated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows inside elevation a device embodying the features of improvement providedby the invention, the brush being covered by a protective cap; Fig. 2 issimilar to Fig. 1, but shows the brush and protective cap in centralsection; Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing a detail of theconstruction; and, Fig. 4L illustrates a dauber which may be employed inthe device in place of the brush illustrated in Fig. 2.

The brush is illustrated in the drawings as having a back 10, anda body11, preferably consisting of tufts of bristles carried by the back l()and projecting therefrom. The back 10 of the brush is apertured, asshown at 12 (Fig. 2), and a tube 13 for the delivery of material te bespread by the brush extends through the aperture 12 of the back 10 andinto the body 11 of the brush, preferably to within a-short distanceofthe face of the brush. Most desirably the tube 3 is of flexiblematerial, such as rubber, and it is formed with a flange 14 adapted tobe seated upon the back of the brush about the aperture 12.

Provision is made for supplying the matcrial to be spread by the brushto the tube 13 under pressure. As shown, a threaded Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed November 26, 1909.

Patented Nov. '7, 1911.

Serial No. 529,953.

socket 15 adapted to receive the threaded nipple 16 of a collapsibletube 17, is mounted upon the back ofthe brush. The threaded socket 15is`preferably supported in line with the bore of the tube 13, andimmediately in rear of the flange 1-1, in order that the nipple 16 onentering the socket, may bear upon the flange 14, and the latter therebyconstitute the gasket for confining the material delivered to the tube13 from the nipple 16. As shown, the socket 15 is formed upon the endwall of. a collar 18, which is preferably made of sheet metal and hasscrew threads 19 formed upon its side walls for receiving the back 10 ofthe brush, the latter, as shown, having complementaryformed screwthreads 20 upon its periphery.

A protective cap 21 is provided for covering the body 11 of the brushwhen not in use. As shown, the side walls of this cap are provided withscrew threads 2Q, for engaging the screw threads 19 formed upon the sidewall of the collar 18 upon the outside. The end wall of the cap 21preferably carries a plug 23 for entering the end of the tube 13 whenthe cap is applied to the brush. As shown, the plug 23 is formed byindenting the end wall of the cap.

If desired, a dauber of the form shown in Fig.l 4 of the drawings may beused in lieu of the brush 10, 11, illustrated in Fig. 2. This dauberpreferably comprises a back member 24 identical in construction with theback 10 of the brush, and a body 25 constructed of felt in the mannerusually einployed for the construction of daubers, except that it isprovided with a central aperture 26 in line with the aperture of theback 24,-for receiving the tube 18.

lVhen the device is in use the collapsible tube 17 serves as a 'handlefor manipulating the brush 10, 11, or the dauber Q1, 25. When thecontents of the tube 17 have been exhausted, it may be removedl from thebrush by merely unscrewing its threaded nipple 16 from the socket 15,and a fresh tube of material substituted for it.

I claim as my invention In combination a collapsible tube having aninclined breast terminating in a screwthreaded nipple, a separabledauber-holder having an inclined surface terminating in an internallyscrew-threaded tubular portion adapted to engage said-nipple, saidtubular portion being parallel with the side walls of saiddauber-holder, the outer part of Seidl and un unnulur llunge on. thefree end of holder being screw-threaded internally und said tubularportion adapted to press upon v externally and a .dauber-head adapted tosuhlllunge on sand flexible tube.

screw into said holder, said head having a A HER-MAN F. STUBENRAUCH. fcentral opening therein, a flexible tube haw Witnesses:

ing an annular flange on one end thereof CHARLES B. GILLSON,

adapted to project through said opening E. M. KLATCHER.

